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Civil Service Fast Stream: "We were led to the scene of a ruined street, strewn with debris and blanketed in smoke"

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Jack Linley, a statistics fast Streamer in the Transformation Team and Sophie Cliff, a project delivery fast streamer working in project set-up, tell us about their experiences of working on major defence programmes as part of their first-year placements on …

Innovation in action at UK’s first all-electric prison

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Jon Loveday, Director of Infrastructure, Enterprise and Growth, and Alison Baptiste, Director of Public and Security Services at the Infrastructure and Projects Authority (IPA), share their thoughts following a site visit to the HMP Millsike Programme.  HMP Millsike is a …

Addressing fuel poverty and the importance of understanding your client

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Frankie Rushton, Project Delivery Adviser at the Infrastructure and Projects Authority (IPA), shares her thoughts following a site visit to Coventry, to see the Social Housing Decarbonisation Wave 1 projects in development delivered by DESNZ. The UK has some of …

“How do we want to be remembered by the next generation?”   

The Transforming Infrastructure Performance (TIP) Live conference, which took place on Wednesday 19 April at the Vox in Birmingham, successfully brought together leaders from across government and industry, who discussed how we can accelerate change through prioritising the TIP principles. …

A day in the life - IPA Leadership and Learning Coordinator

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Lyle Anderson tells us about a typical day as a Leadership and Learning Coordinator and why he chose to work in government learning and development. I am a Leadership & Learning Coordinator at the Infrastructure and Projects Authority (IPA) and …

An interview with Sirish Parekh, Head of Estimating Performance, Benchmarking and Data

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Ahead of the TIP Live conference on Wednesday 19 April, we interviewed Sirish Parekh, Head of Estimating Performance, Benchmarking and Data at the Infrastructure and Projects Authority. Sirish shared his thoughts on TIP Live and the projects that help make …

Setting up major projects for success: A site visit to Sellafield

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Vishal Shethwood, Project Delivery Advisor at the Infrastructure and Projects Authority (IPA), shares his thoughts on the importance of front-end loading as he visits one of Sellafield’s projects on the Government Major Projects Portfolio (GMPP).  Dealing with UK’s nuclear legacy …